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May
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Biden administration joins global campaign against online extremism

Biden administration joins global campaign against online extremism

WORLD
THE United States will join a New Zealand-led global campaign to stamp out violent extremism online, the White House said, making a policy change two years after the administration of former President Donald Trump declined to participate. The initiative was started by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron in 2019 after a gunman killed 51 people at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch while live-streaming his rampage on Facebook. Biden administration spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States would join the "Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content…
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May
01
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. lifts Ebola-related DRC travel restrictions

U.S. lifts Ebola-related DRC travel restrictions

NEWS
THE Biden administration yesterday lifted travel restrictions for U.S. visitors who have recently been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but left them in place for Guinea travellers over address Ebola concerns. In March, the Homeland Security Department (DHS) said travelers who had been in the two central African countries within the past 21 days must fly to one of six U.S. airports - New York-JFK, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington Dulles, Newark or Los Angeles. DHS said "the potential risk for Ebola virus exposure in the DRC has greatly diminished."
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Apr
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Obama ‘appalled by heartbreaking’ Myanmar violence

Obama ‘appalled by heartbreaking’ Myanmar violence

WORLD
FORMER U.S. President Barack Obama, who championed engagement with Myanmar's military while in office to promote democratic change, said he was "appalled by heartbreaking violence" it had used against civilians after retaking power in a coup. In a rare statement, Obama said he supported efforts by the Biden administration and like-minded countries to impose costs on Myanmar's generals. "The military's illegitimate and brutal effort to impose its will after a decade of greater freedoms will clearly never be accepted by the people and should not be accepted by the wider world," Obama said in the statement posted on Twitter. "Myanmar's…
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Nov
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court

Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
THE American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting president a second term. BRIAN J PURNELL, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Bowdoin College MORGAN MARIETTA, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell NETA C. CRAWFORD, Professor of Political Science and Department Chair, Boston University President’s Trump’s tenure lasted just four years, but in that time he dragged policy on an array of key issues in a dramatic new direction. Joe Biden’s victory, confirmed by the Associated Press late morning on Nov. 7, presents an opportunity to reset…
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